Feed for machines for placing rings on bobbins



-SepL17, 1940. FZHAMBLETQN 2,214,314

' FEED FOR MACHINES FOR PLACING RINGS ONBOBBINS Fil ed Dec. 7; 1931 .45M FIEZ- 1 INVENT OR.

Patented Sept.,17, 1940" 1121214314 a fi teen-roe. mcnm'as Fon PLACING JW S B BB TM '1; Frederick Hambleton, Methuem Mass zus t or ,t oll'alspoolandnobbin Company,-apartner- I Application December,

metal "rings; partictflarly those of the split type, ."to the heads ofbobbins such as.aregenerally'used in automatic'looms. I

=5 as shown, it is used in corinection with'what is known as the.Choquette ring placing machine wherein the rings are generally placed inlarge numbers upon a long rod whlch is suspended vertically'ov'er aslide ln-which slide'thereoperates a .10 ring pushing means whichremoves any number of rings at a time from the bottom of therodandcarries it or them alon'g it or they drop from the horizontal part ofthei"slide" into a' position vertically between the ring placing deviceand the head of a bobbin on which the rings "are suc'-.

'cessively to beplaced." The bobbin'is generally moved'towards theringsi'andthe pushing device moves; the rings to andonto the bobbin intheir proper places." i 'I do not claim anything new on the ring placmgdevices-butthlsjinvention takesjthe place'of the long rod. 7 Its purpqseis to permit; a large number of rings to be dropped into a hopperfrornwhich they are moved by, a revolving spider wheel.

and delivered to thetopend'ot a relatively'short floating rod inside ora receiving tube. Those rings which land on therod automatically "restevenly one on top of the cither so that theonesat the bottom are'alwayshorizontal andareal'wa'ys in the correct position in the 'slide.; If therod is filled, the rings drop baclr into thesc'oop hopper and ifthere'are'any rings which donotland on vtopof the rodgthese falljbackintof'thefscoop I hopper. a r f "In the drawing,

' Fig. l isa side elevation showing'fmy ringtfeedf ing device attached;to, or connected with 'a' well-" known mechanism for placing rings.onrbohbins. h Fig: 2 is ,a longitudinal vertical section enlarged I 40showing the a relation betwee'nffthe arms 01 the 'teedwheel andthejreceiving D 51? and tube .to

, gether. with some parts of'the' machine forjplaeing'the'rings onbobbins Fig. 3; is a longitudinal-Ne the inside of a;hopperfand the ieedwheel. a

7 Fig.4 isa longitudirialvertical section of the Geneva motion, T' I"Fig. 5 is a'view similarto Fig. 3 o'ia modification ofthe device.

5 Fig. 6 lsa horizontal section looking theline 6,5of-F'i'g.2. I Fig.1?is a view to Flg.;2jof e. modificanon, I I I I In the drawing. Crepresent'sh'amachinei for 55 placing rings R on bobbins B including aslide A havingabottom ".andisldesIl and 52 together with' a pushingdevice 53' for pushing any number of rings R, R. along the slide untilthe rings slip olver to where the slide bends down at I4 and enters apocket I! between well-known ring pipe! 7, 1 93'i S erial No 11a,5 r 1han i v This invention-j relates-to devices for feeding ing' devices 5eand a bobbin 3B supported byf a carrier 50, there" being isuitablemechanism to bring 'the parts "56 and 58 together placeth'e M represents"a' f rnain receiving hopper or bin lnto which rings R, R are dropped.its sides and bottom slope downfto an outlet SOWhichlea'ds to I a scoop'hopper 's. Preferably, there a closure slide Si in outlet." which canbe used'fto regulate the quantity of rings in the 'scoophopper S.' ll

tends up inside the scoop hopper S and is fined '20 proximate one endthereof and is cut away at 33 near the'top' on the inner side. j

Pisa floating ring rod located in the receiving tubelT. It has a roundedbase which rests on H the'bottorn' of slide A and a pointed top 36 25 Iwhich extends up proximate the cut away'part 33 of the top end of thereceiving-tube '1, j M W is a revoluble spide wheel carried by a shaitGandcomprisingf'a hub 5' and. a plurality of radial radial arms suchas"! isbent at angle to form v vaforearrn'such' as at ll,l2, i3.or l4and each forearm terminates inj a f nger such as.2 lj"22', 23

' The forearm amages" ar both bent mine 5 until" it continues overforward andfdown toa certain point when they slip down and'oi'l. ,That46 point is a little above and beyondthe pointed top liioffrod P. J

' As. shown,-ftl e tip of each finger passes down- ,and'outvthroughflth'e cut away part 330i" tube T. I There is also,preferably at, the bend or elbow, 5

oneach arm, azring stop such as! I ,Q92, 93 and.

, These arms arelo'catedin'the plane which passes throughthe' axis oi"the.rod,;P. The' arms and fingers are so long that as the'wheelrevolves, the

tip or? theflng'ers on the end. 01 each larm moves 1 in a curveproximateftogandabove the pointed I top' 3 ofthe ringrod P.

Each arm projects radially from the hub and theiforearmis bent in suchfaway that when'the radial part of the arm isvertical, the forearm slopesdownla't 'suchan angle that the fringson it will slide down and of! theend of the finger onto the top or the rod P.

Preferably, I use driving means which include a chainlland sprocketwheel II which drives a go tom of the slideandiwliiiehjhas a pointedtop; which extends up. proximate the' topfend of the 1 receiving tube arevoluble'spider wheel comprising; a hub and a'plurality of radial arms'carriedbythe Ge eva motion which imparts ,to the shares which carriesthe wheel W an intermittent motion so timed that'the tip of each fingerwill stop iust as it is delivering rings to thering rod P. I it Thefore-arm and finger tip o'f'each radial rod are both so bent that beforeone arm comes an intermittent stop, with thercnd' orfits vring r nearand above the top f3iloffrod P, the fore-farm, .of that rod hasbeen'movinggand slopingydown-t ward so that the intermittents'top,;"o'njaccount; of centrifugal force and gravity, throws-cheer; more rings oilthe finger tip through the cutaway top front part 33 of receiving tube'lf jagainst the back of-t'ube T and on to the: top.36 ofiring-rod P.

While I prefer an intermittent motion and stops such-as at 91,92, v.93and 94,1 can, as-showniin Fig. 5, usela'hopper n of dishish'ape withwhen L which' revolves steadily ona slia'tiftji'far-icl carries.

the rings, ofi their ,ti'ps-into'fa tube'l' in which is a Dost a, thetube andpost b in ubstantially the Same as tube T'and post P. I

' As shown'in Fig, 7, byu'isin gfa pat r snde' indicated by ji 5;forro'ne ri'ng', and other parts corresponding,'asinglering can beplaced'on aobob bin by the well-knownmotion' hereinbefore described. v fI Iclaimz" I i 1. In an automatic device for feeding rings to bobbins,the combination of-a scoop hopper; with a horizontal 'rings1ide.'and;,ring pushing means 'therein, a receiving tube,' the bottomend of which spans the slide and the top end of which is fixed proximateone endof and in the scoop hopper and is cut away at the. top'on theinner side of the hopper; a fioating'ring rod inthe receiving tube witha rounded base which rests on thebottom of 'the slide and which has'a.pointed top whichex tends up proximate the cutaway'partpf the top endoithereceiving' tubefa revoluble spider-wheel comprising a hub and aplurality of radial arms carried by the hub, each .ofy'said radial armsbe ing bent at an angle and terminating in a finger the wheel being somountedthat the fingers on its) arms can pass through the hopper whenthe wheel is revolved; a ring stop on each arm; and means to'revolvethejwheel intermittently so that just before; eachintermittentsto'p; the, tip of the finger on the end of each arm movesproxi-f mate to and above the pointedtop-of the ringrod so as to throw aring on the ring rod-whereby the rings are collected on the rodparallelwith the slide. 'H, r

2, In an automatic deviceffo gjfeeding rings to o bobbins,the'coinbination of a scoophopper; with aj-horizdntal ring slide andring pushing means therein, a receiving tube, -the bottomend of. which;

spans theslide and thetop e'ndof which is in the;

I scoop hopper; afloatingringrod in-the receiving tube with aro'undedbaselwhich rests tn the bothub, each 'ofsaid'radial-armsbeingibent at-an "angle and terminating in 'afiiig'erthe-wheel being so mounted thatthe jflngers on its arms can pass throughthe hopper when the" wheelgis revolved;

a ring stopon' each arm"; and means to revolve the wheel intermittentlyso that just before each intermittent stop, the thief the finger on theend of each arm movesproximate to and above the "pointed-top of'theringrodsoastoithrow a ring "on the ring rodwhereby theringsare-collected -;on1the rod parallel'withl the snee h s -3. In anautomatic device forfeeding rings to a I j floating rin'g rod; thecombination of a scoop "hoppenwith-a receivingtube, the 1 top end of Vwhich is tfixed proximate one end of andfin the scoop,hop'per-and whichis cut away at the top on .1 the inner side of the hopper; afloating-ringrod free to move in the receiving tube,jwhich rod hasapointed top whichextends up proximate the cut away part of the top endof the receiving tube; a

grevoluble spider wheel 'comprising a hub and a' plurality of radialarms carried by the hub, each v p t of said radial arms being bent at anangle and terminating in a'finger, -the,whe el being so mounted thatthefingers onflitsarms can-pass through the hopper when thewheelis-revolved;

a ring stop on each 'arm; and meansto reyo1ve the wheel intermittentlyso that just-before each intermittent stop the tip of the finger on theend I of one of the arms moves proximate to' and above the. pointed topof the ring'rod and stops; i 1

4. Inan a'utomaticdeviceior ifeeding ringsto a ring rod; the combinationof a.scoop hopper.-

with a receiving tube,tthe top end of which is fixed proximate one endof and inth'etscoop hopper and which is cut away at theftop .on theinner side of the hopper; a 'rin'grod which has a pointed top v whichextends up proximate the cut awaypart of the top end of'the receivingtube; a revoluble:

spider wheel comprisinga hub and a plurality of radial armscarriedbyth'e hub, each of said radial arms being bent at an angle andterminate ing in aifinger, the wheelbeing so mounted that the fingers onits arms can pass through the hopper when the wheel is rev,olv ed;andmeans to revolve the wheel intermittentlyso that justbefore eachintermittent' stop, .the'tip, of the finger on the end of one of thearms has been moving down proximate. to ring rod.

. 5, In an automatic device for feeding. rings bobbins, the combinationofda scoop hopper; with a horizontalring slide andringpushing meanstherein; a floating rod with a rounded base which rests on thebottom'ofthe slide and extends up vertically in a receiving tube and hasapointedtop; and automatic means for picking rings from! the hopper andintermittently throwing themon to the top of said rod whereby the ringsare collected on thej'rod 'parallel with the; slide. V '6. In anautomaticdevice for feeding rings, to

a ring rod,the"'comb nationv ofi'a scoop hopper, with a receiving tube,the topend'of which is fixed proximate one end' of andfin the' sco'op'hopper; andwhich is cut away atjjthe' top on the inner :1 a side of thehopper; a revoluble spider wheel com-- and above the pointed top'of the:

prising ahub and a plurality of radial armsf'car ried by the hub; eachof said radial arms being bentat" an angle and terminating in a finger.the

wheel being somounted that the fingers on its 7 arms can pass throughthe hopper'flwhen the wheel is revolved; and means to revolve the wheelintermittently so that Just before each intermit= tent stop, the tip ofthefing'er on the end of one of the arms has been moving down proximateto and above the cut away top of the receiving tube,

finger of that arm-into the tube.

whereby" a ring is thrown from the tip of the f H FEED Rfor;

